The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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... appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied smooth complying habits of the continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal ...
... appeared in his manners , was more striking to me now , from my having been accustomed to the studied smooth complying habits of the continent ; and I clearly recognised in him , not without respect for his honest conscientious zeal ...
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... appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and ...
... appeared at once that the allowance was much more than sufficient for his small family ; and this proved a clear conviction , that could not be answered , and saved all future dispute . He was , in general , very diligently and ...
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... appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much ...
... appeared to me to be undoubtedly Johnson's . I asked Mrs. Williams whether it was not his . " Sir , " said she , with some warmth , " I wrote that poem before I had the honour of Dr. John- son's acquaintance . " I however was so much ...
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... appeared in the Publick Advertiser , the theatrical gazette of that day , soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768. - Gold- smith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , how- ever , seem ...
... appeared in the Publick Advertiser , the theatrical gazette of that day , soon after the first representation of this comedy in 1768. - Gold- smith probably thought that the lines printed in Italick characters , which , how- ever , seem ...
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... appeared since The Provoked Husband , and that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it ...
... appeared since The Provoked Husband , and that there had not been of late any such character exhibited on the stage as that of Croaker . I observed it was the Suspirius of his Rambler . He said , Goldsmith had owned he had borrowed it ...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LLD: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ... James Boswell No preview available - 2015 |
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